BIG OLE AND BIG OLE Webcam RUNESTONEMuseum

It’s a fun way to get a group shot with the 28-foot fiberglass statue located in Big Ole Central Park. Once you open the website on your cell phone, just take a screenshot to capture you, your group and the famous Viking statue.

The Runestone Museum has been inspiring curiosity about local history and heritage for more than 50 years.

The world famous and controversial Kensington Runestone was the Runestone Museum’s only artifact when it opened its doors in 1958. Since then, the museum has expanded to include exhibits celebrating native Minnesotans, emigrants and immigrants, Minnesota wildlife and events that shaped the area.

Fort Alexandria, commissioned in 1862, has been recreated with rescued historical structures, such as a nearly exact replica of the stockade built in 1862, an 1889 church, a log cabin built in the late 1860s and an 1885 schoolhouse. The fort is located in the outdoor portion of the campus that is open April-October.

Housing rare and exciting artifacts like a Middle Ages Nordic fire steel and a 1920s jingle dress, the Runestone Museum is sure to impress whether

Memorial Day weekend is also the official beginning of summer, and there are tentative plans for the Alexandria Jaycees to present Spring into Summer, a three-day event featuring live music, a vendor/craft show, a car show and other activities.

Spring into Summer will be celebrated Saturday and Sunday, May 27-28, just north of downtown at Big Ole Park.

Check out www.facebook.com/alexandria. mn.jaycees closer to the event for a complete list of all events.

you’re interested in history, heritage or the natural sciences.

For more information, call 320-7633160, or visit the museum’s website at www.runestonemuseum.org for the most up-to-date admission prices and hours. Check out the museum’s Facebook page at Runestone Museum Foundation.